My first "Heddon Street" visit was back in 1977 when my
roommate Jas, took me up along Heddon Street and said to me "This looks a little familiar". It was a really great surprise.
Here I am with my girlfriend Steph in April 2001 on a trip to London from Canada
where we are now living.

Stephanie (April 2001)

Leeza, Helen2, Rednik, Electric Blue,
Susans, Spaceface and Dick Mac set the record for most
BowieNetters in the Heddon Street phone box at one time (April 2001)."...visiting the Bowie shrine that is the phone
box in Heddon Street. Once there, much merriment was had as we attempted to set the record
for most BowieNetters in the phone box at one time. Rednik made a feeble attempt to become
first BowieNetter on top of the box, but failed miserably. Bemused tourists and late-night
revellers looked on as the drunken raggle-taggle squeezed into the groaning box. I did the
decent thing of greatly increasing the chances of success by not taking part and staying
behind the camera.." - Total Blam Blam - (BowieNet European Correspondent)

Diane Skiello (October 2000)

"Phonebox trio" - Rob May &
Diane Skiello (October 2000)

Craig (see also Nov 1991), son David and
daughter Hayley (November 1999).

Billy Idol (far left) with his first band
Generation X under the K West sign in 1977.
Next right is bass player Tony James who went on to mastermind Sigue Sigue Spuntnik in the
80's.
What is interesting about this picture is confirmation that a second (K2) phonebox existed
in Heddon Street at this time!
This visit provided inspiration for their single "Wild Youth"

"Wild Youth" derived from a
typically naive fan outing, as Tony James and Billy Idol went in search of the phonebox
where David Bowie had posed as Ziggy Stardust: "As we turned the corner we saw
someone had sprayed "Youth" on a wall" says James, "and I said, I've
got this great idea for a song! So we stopped at a nearby cafe and Billy hummed out a tune
and I scribbled lyrics on a paper napkin, a song literally about walking down the street
and having people stare at these two spikey-haired youths...it became an anthem for
us." - Mojo Magazine October 2001